And Armada #1 was drawn by James Raiz, not Don Fig! I'm assuming the error means to say World Collide part 1 which was actually Armada #14. A ggod issue too which includes the death of an Optimus Prime as well as the start of the G1 invasion spearheaded by Galvatron. Good stuff for people that missed out on the series, good cross-section of important Armada charachters in this issue too including Armada Prime, Megs, Starscream, Demolishor, Hot Shot, Red Alert, Jetfire and of course a slew of mini-cons.

WarWithin #1 is cool, the debut of WW Prime and an era of alt-modes not seen since the MTMTE cartoon pilot of 20 years earlier. WW Prime is now such a mainstay look it's hard to imagine a time before that. Dude even has his own titanium figures (I have both the big die cast one and the little one) and the look cropped up again in Stormbringer. This is where it all started.

the BW Summer special story is the first time BW was seen in mass comics so it too was a first that deserved to be seen. First glimpse of a style that Don would master at IDW in the Gathering which as far as I'm concerned is the best work he's ever done. If Guido Guidi is the master of the animated look, Fig is the master of the Beasties. Some pics of it in this very thread too.

BW The Gathering #4. 'nuff said. Pure f'n awesomeness. You couldn't NOT have this issue.

Movie Prequel #2 proved Don could draw humans and non sci-fi interiors. An important issue for him I think. This issue shines because of the real world elements and is the first time in a TF comic I found the human element pwning the Transformers one. Never thought I'd say it, but as soon as the TFs went away the issue got good imo. Don played a good part in that with his humans, nice environments and attention to detail.

I might have to look into these, from the sound of things, I really missed out with Stormbringer, (i didnt start buying comics till about the end of 'Hearts of Steel'), It'd be nice to get a glimpse of it.

Also, its good to see a possible return of the 'When worlds collide' armada comics, they were awesome.

Don is a great guy. I love his work. I remember seeing him at last years SDCC and being able to meet him. Great personality and attitude. He presented his portfolio to my brother and I and talked about his work and such. It was great meeting him and also receiving a sketch from him and some signatures. I may pick up the book just to support his work.

Yeah, DON is a great guy and I will ty my best to buy this and supposrt one of my favorite artists. I too have followed him since his early fan stuff(which was great too!) My only problem with this book is the fans will only get a portion of the stories but you do get that delicious artwork, so oh well I guess